I can manage without the pliers. Try snapping it together and apart before installing in the tank. Do all the assembly before snapping it into final position. I take it apart by bending it beyond its limit...snap!
The only thing I find is that my leverage is effected by how I can lean into the tank to snap and unsnap. Sometime I insert a small pry bar (end of a screwdriver) into it to snap it apart quickly in the tank.
Good Luck.
PS...don't have the ends pointed up when you turn on your pumps.....it will shoot water across the room.....
Mike
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